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Genres refer to groups of text that include certain features, content and rules. New genres are created because genres change in order to adapt to different groups, media and purposes. The definition of genre is controversial because it is used to define print media and other types of media while excluding digital media. Each medium has different genre conventions. The genre conventions of print media are different than those of digital media. The definition of genre is not so applicable to the formation of digital media because the digital world lacks genre conventions and digital media have a different form than other types of media (Dillon and Gushrowski 2000).

Andrew Dillon and Barbara Gushrowski stated in the article "Genres and the Web: Is the personal home page the first uniquely digital genre?" that a home page is the first digital genre (Dillon and Gushrowski 2000). Dillon and Gushrowski tested home pages to see if the form of a home page has evolved into a genre. A home pages has enough genre conventions to be considered a digital genre. It has enough genre conventions because many people share the same expectations and preferences of a home page.(Dillon and Gushrowski 2000).

Dillon, A. and Gushrowski, B. (2000) Genres and the Web - is the home page the first digital genre? //Journal of the American Society for Information Science//, 51(2), 202-205.
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